See Others as God Sees Them

Our family had a great day at church yesterday; the theme of the day was, “See Others as They May Become.”  As we travel through this mortal experience, we become shackled by peer pressure, public opinion, political correctness and worst of all, self inflicted prejudices.   Throughout each day, we sub-conscientiously profile, label and categorize others for various reasons.  For instance, law enforcement personnel instinctively measure each situation and size-up each subject for reasons of safety and self-preservation.  Law officials don’t have the luxury, the time, or the inclination to see suspected perpetrators through any eyes other than those of which they have been professionally trained.  Whatever your profession, you undoubtedly execute some level of profiling in order to expedite success. 

But what if, in our social circles, we were able to shut down our professional tendencies and see others, not as we see them, but how God sees them?  Coming from my generation, I admittedly struggle with those who appear unkempt, tattooed, and pierced as though they had flopped face-first in an open tackle box and emerged with various applications of ornate fishing lures.  Oh, how I long to dismiss my stereotypical rhetoric and simply see them and love them as a child of God.  My labors in this regard consume me minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour and day-by-day with a promise to God that I’m better at it tomorrow than I am today.  When we can truly see others as God sees them and we can imagine in them unlimited potential, then perhaps none of us will find comfort in the grasp of mediocrity.  As we lift each other, we not only glorify God, but we embrace true happiness and everlasting joy in serving our fellow man which is service to God.